Lady Labyrinth Poet Free verse

The Backburn

“The Backburn”



Sands slip through 
a shrinking tide
chair's facing away
from the Sun
back turned 
on the backburn
facing the past 

you are still here
you are still here

back turned
on the backburn
ocean slides 
hypnotic undertow
nipping at your toes
you’re speaking to empty chairs
silent witnesses shared 
Time speaks 
of limitations
here lies the tear 

you are still here
you are still here

immortal 
reverberation
Your own personal
Revelation
standing 
you walk towards
your worst fear
the source of 
who you are
appears

Empty Chair 
Swallowed by 
The Air 
cleared on
The Ocean of Empathy 
brutal and clean
no shoes
no keys
naked
Cell Encapsulation

Shrink Wrapped
You’ve disappeared

Nascita di Venere
meets Caravaggio 
The Boy Bitten by a Lizard

Another dimension
Blessed or cursed 

You are Now here
You are Now here

No derisive division
Equal Parts
won

ONE



(LadyLabyrinth/2019)



https://youtu.be/jG3QIfyqZck
“On ne peut rien en dire”/Jean-Louis Murat 








Author's notes:
1. Caravaggio ... v. interesting character
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio


2. The Boy and the Lizard
(a) 
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12682-012-0124-z

(b)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Bitten_by_a_Lizard

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Frederic Parker June 23, 2019 at 6:37 PM to cross the sands of low tide in quiet murmurings from the mind where there is only one question to ponder...who picks up the empty chair? Lady Labyrinth June 23, 2019 at 7:49 PM It gets washed out to sea, the Ocean swallows it up. Sonnet 106 ...

Arturo Michael June 23, 2019 at 7:55 AM "Another dimension Blessed or cursed" Well written... Lady Labyrinth June 23, 2019 at 1:53 PM certainly not from the enchanted forest, a far far different dimension. Thanks Arturo.

Richard Lamoureux June 23, 2019 at 7:37 AM I like your style. This is quite good. Thanks for your visit. Lady Labyrinth June 23, 2019 at 1:54 PM Lamoureux, I haven't visited you yet...what libation have you partaken of tonight/err today...I shall away at some point to read your tomes. Lovejoy-Burton from the Tomb of Love (aka The Wailing Wall).